
Camille Pannu
Host: The Sustainable Economies Law Center
Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nick provided pro bono transactional legal services to individuals, nonprofit corporations, and for-profit businesses engaged in urban agriculture in Detroit.
Due to economic downturn in recent decades, Detroit has a large proportion of abandoned properties. While Detroit has incentivized private redevelopment in some areas of high abandonment, it has yet to provide a systemized or viable redevelopment solution for some of its most depressed neighborhoods. Urban agriculture is a great and cost-effective urban revitalization tool, but is sadly underutilized in Detroit’s neighborhoods. Not only could urban farms provide Detroiters with a degree of autonomy regarding how their neighborhoods are redeveloped, they could also provide them with a much needed source of fresh food. Nicholas’ project will provide vital and sustainable legal assistance to Detroiters promoting urban agriculture.
In the past two years, Nick Leonard has:
Now that the Fellowship is complete, Nick Leonard plans to:
Host: The Sustainable Economies Law Center
Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Host: Communities for a Better Environment
Sponsor: Stern-Hughes Family Fund, The Ottinger Family Foundation
Current Fellow
Host: Natural Resources Defense Council
Sponsor: Anonymous
Host: Lawyers Alliance for New York
Sponsor: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP